Kinoma Palm media player now supports immersive cubic VR panoramic images

Atlanta, March 11, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- Kinoma has added more features to its media player for Palm OS devices. Kinoma Player 3 EX version 3.1 adds direct viewing of QuickTime VR files containing cubic panoramas, the industry standard for immersive imaging.

Users can simply copy existing many of their existing QuickTime VR cubic panoramas to a memory card to view them on their device. Cubic panoramas optimized for viewing on mobile devices are no bigger than a single high resolution JPEG image, allowing over one thousand interactive images to be stored on a single memory card, according to Kinoma. Kinoma Player 3 EX allows users to directly interact with the panorama, zooming in or out or panning around the image by dragging the stylus.

Because available memory and screen size varies widely between different models of Palm Powered handhelds, Kinoma Player 3 EX incorporates dynamic resolution reduction technology, which automatically adjusts the resolution of the cubic panoramic images, as they are loaded, says Kinoma.

On the Kinoma web site, a new VR gallery contains sample floor to ceiling, 360 degree images allowing users to experience handheld 'immersive imagery'. The gallery includes a look inside Burt Rutan's Boomerang aircraft courtesy of the Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine, San Francisco's historic Herbst Theater, a stunning synthetic landscape by David Palermo of WorldVR.com and the organ loft at Stanford's Memorial Church.

Kinoma Player 3 EX version 3.1 also incorporates enhanced support for the five-way navigation control on palmOne's Treo smartphone and Tungsten T5. Kinoma Producer 3 has also been updated to include a command line encoder on Windows, to support automated encoding of content.

Kinoma Player 3 EX version 3.1 is a free upgrade to Kinoma Player 3 EX customers. For those who don't have it yet, Kinoma Player 3 EX can be purchased through the Kinoma Web site for US $19.99. Kinoma Player 3 EX is compatible with all Palm Powered handhelds running Palm OS 5 (Garnet) or later.

With registration of Kinoma Player 3 EX, Kinoma is also including a free trial edition of its media production software for mobiles, Kinoma Producer 3. The full version of Kinoma Producer 3 is available on the Kinoma Web site for $29.99. Kinoma Producer 3 requires Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Mac OS X. Kinoma Player 3 EX version 3.1 is available in English, German and Japanese.

For more information about Kinoma, see the Kinoma web site, or the company's summary page on MobileVillage.

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